+better comment detection in local.conf

setup.py

@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ def read_local_conf(conf_file,pattern):
         with open(conf_file,"r") as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
             for line in lines:
-                if line[0]!="#":
-                  test = line.find(pattern)
-                  if test!=-1:
-                      pars = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"").split(":")
-                      ret.append(pars)
+                line = line.strip()
+                if len(line)!=0:
+                  if line.strip()[0]!="#":
+                    test = line.find(pattern)
+                    if test!=-1:
+                        pars = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"").split(":")
+                        ret.append(pars)
     return ret
 
 def read_local_conf_dev(conf_file,pattern):
@@ -93,10 +95,12 @@ def read_local_conf_dev(conf_file,pattern):
         with open(conf_file,"r") as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
             for line in lines:
-              if line[0]!="#":
-                test = line.find(pattern)
-                if test!=-1:
-                    ret = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"")
+              line = line.strip()
+              if len(line)!=0:
+                if line[0]!="#":
+                  test = line.find(pattern)
+                  if test!=-1:
+                      ret = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"")
     return ret
 
 def update_branch(names_from_conf,name_from_list,pars,git_proto):